Lacrosse Team Opens Season with a Big Win

The Scarsdale Boys Lacrosse Team opened their season with a thrilling 12-6 win over Brewster at home. The game started quickly with Senior captain Elliot Graham scoring the first goal of the official season within the opening minutes of play. The score was quickly evened out by a Brewster attack-man, but the Raiders once again took the lead with an exciting goal by Junior William Cabrera. After some back and forth play, Cabrera and Sophomore Rob Rolfe returned to finish off a nice team attacking play, making it 4-1 with under 5 minutes of play remaining in the first quarter.

Freshman Andrew Bernstein added another to make it 5-1, before a quick Brewster response to make it 5-2, and another to make it 5-3. Brewster continued their push and scored another, and the score now stood at 5-4 with under two minutes left in the quarter. After a strong defensive play the Raiders were revitalized and closed out the second quarter with a goal from Bernstein to make it 6-4 before the break.

The third quarter started slowly, Brewster scored the first goal with 8 minutes left to make it 6-5. The Raiders responded with a goal from Junior Cooper Schneider, followed quickly by a goal coming from Rolfe, his second, to make it 8-5. Bernstein added his third, but Brewster quickly countered with only two minutes left. Cabrera responded with a goal, ending the quarter 10-6 to the Raiders.

Cabrera then scored another to make it 11-6 at the start of the fourth quarter, his fourth on the day. Schneider added to the tally with a late goal, his second of the day, closing out the game with a 12-6 win by the Raiders.

The Raiders strong offensive efforts, coupled with Sophomore goalie Jeremy Wolfe's 20 saves, headlined Scarsdale's strong performance in their first game of the season. The Raiders look to continue their momentum when they play Nanuet at home on Thursday, March 31st. Senior captain Andre Cutrim elaborated on his team's performance and stated, "Obviously, coming into the season with a big win like this is really good for the team's morale and gives us a lot of confidence. Despite this initial success we have to working hard if we want to make a deep run in playoffs. Tomorrow we will return to practice and try to work on our offensive principles and tighten up our defense ahead of Thursday's game."

(Photos and text by Justin Barlow)